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    Re: GParted and deleting existing partitions

    So I would try first "lsblk", like list command "ls" to display what is a folder, but this is for block "blk" devices.

    You should get something like:


    sda 8:0 0 119.2G 0 disk
    ├─sda1...
  2. [SOLVED] Re: Looking for Grub, and I need it to not. Need to revert the process.

    @tea for one

    Oh my goodness, thank you, thank you!

    Press F9 for boot menu, and was greeted to a list:

    - UFEI - hp DVDRAM GUBON
    - Legacy - hp DVDRAM GUBON
    - Legacy - Intel Volume 0
    -...
  3. [SOLVED] Re: Looking for Grub, and I need it to not. Need to revert the process.

    Thanks, did not know they were different, will try later.


    I don't mind working late, and have been, that is how all this started. My boss is cool. I.T. is another story though.

    True story:...
  4. [SOLVED] Re: Looking for Grub, and I need it to not. Need to revert the process.

    Ok, where to begin.

    1- The machine does "look' a little old, dust, and what have you. Not a fancy modern case, very much a black box. It does have a Xeon processor, with 32 gig of ram, so perhaps...
  5. [SOLVED] Re: Looking for Grub, and I need it to not. Need to revert the process.

    Oh, I forgot, it is version 10.
  6. [SOLVED] Re: Looking for Grub, and I need it to not. Need to revert the process.

    I like how you think, but at the moment i just want to keep my job. Only had it for 3 weeks so far.


    On a more serious note, actually sad, spoke to the I.T. guy and they only have one linux...
  7. [SOLVED] Re: Looking for Grub, and I need it to not. Need to revert the process.

    Ok, super stealthy, feel like MI. Running linux desktop in an office where anyone person who can stick their head over a cubical wall and say "What is that? That is not Windows!".

    Here you go,...
  8. [SOLVED] Looking for Grub, and I need it to not. Need to revert the process.

    Hey, long time no post. Truthfully, haven't had a problem in awhile, thanks to a solid product.

    What is to follow is user error -ish, I am screwed if I don't get this fixed, and I mean hard. As...
  9. Re: Trying to format an ext micro USB card but "Write Protection" is preventing it.

    For the SD card, on my main main machine (Ubuntu 16.04) it detects, even opens the drive, can read it and open files. Simply can not write to it because it opens in "read only" mode.
    On the Mac, it...
  10. Re: Trying to format an ext micro USB card but "Write Protection" is preventing it.

    No, it is on my main machine that this is happening. Which I have used all these thumb drives on countless times.

    Also I forgot to mention. I tried the SD card on another computer, a Mac...
  11. Re: Trying to format an ext micro USB card but "Write Protection" is preventing it.

    So I have already come to term with the fact that the drive might be damaged beyond repair, so much so I went out and bought two more cards. I am taking some positive out of all this and making it...
  12. Re: Trying to format an ext micro USB card but "Write Protection" is preventing it.

    @sudodus

    Sorry for the delay in responding, I did the exact command "add repos, update, install" and this time is worked! ???
    I ran "mkusb", and did a full wipe of the drive, it came back with...
  13. Re: Trying to format an ext micro USB card but "Write Protection" is preventing it.

    @Sudodus

    It looked promising, but has been abandoned, the last update was 2016.


    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
    Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~mkusb/ubuntu/ppa'.
    ERROR: '~mkusb' user or team...
  14. Trying to format an ext micro USB card but "Write Protection" is preventing it.

    All I want to do it "dd" the Ubuntu Mate img to a micro USB card for RPi, and can't do it. I started with GParted to clean up the disk, and wipe it. Can'r because it is "write protected" for I decide...
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    OMG where to begin. I apologise if the sequence of events seem confusing, they may be slightly out of order since honestly I did so many things that I might not recall them in perfect order.
    Ok, not...
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    I can always chroot into the system from a LiveCD, and update the system that way. I wish I could say I did not have experience with that solution, but I would be lying.

    Will give it a try...
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    lsmod | grep rt

    parport_pc 32768 0
    parport 49152 2 ppdev,parport_pc
    scsi_transport_iscsi 98304 4 iscsi_tcp,ib_iser,libiscsi
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    ifconfig -a

    lo Link encap: Local loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:
    RX...
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    The links provided use the technique of modifying the grub, to force a change on boot, which I tried.
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    Nope, just "lo"


    I will check out the links, thx.
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    I am all for moving it, if it will help.

    And no, I never "changed" the name interface, because truthfully if I knew how I would problem not be asking on how to now. :)
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    That is what I am trying to re-establish because there is no interface name. Most places say to use "ip link *******" as the command, but I don't see how.
    But for all account the NIC is present, but...
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    @SeijiSensei

    I don't see how that would work, since when en0s3p was configured in "/etc/network/interfaces" , the "service networking status" returned an error failing to raise the en0s3p.
    ...
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    Re: Assigning an interface name to NIC

    I tried, that was what the grub edit was for, to force a "new" naming, as a last ditch effort, but it did not work so I removed the code.

    As for "lshw" command, was not aware of it.


    sudo...
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    Assigning an interface name to NIC

    Let me start by saying I am perplexed, IT WAS ALL WORKING, now not so much.

    So yeah it was working, change the "/etc/network/interfaces" to make the en0s3p a static IP address, rebooted to ensure...
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